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Check out our WCS Portal! Latest StarCraft II News April 9, 2013 — Blizzard buys IGN Pro League Blizzard has purchased the IGN Pro League. IPL technology and assets are now owned by Blizzard, and existing members of IPL’s staff will help form a new team in San Francisco. Read more... April 3, 2013 — Blizzard: World Championship Series 2013 revealed Blizzard unveils their 2013 WCS season, a yearlong venture in cooperation with GomTV, MLG, KeSPA, ESL, and OnGameNet, consisting of three equal leagues in three regions around the world, each running in parallel, featuring a $1.6 million prize pool. Read more... March 12, 2013 — StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm released Heart of the Swarm, the first expansion for StarCraft 2 has been released. The game's release is celebrated in a 21-hour long launch party, spanning nine official events across the globe. Read more... March 8, 2013 — DreamHack Open 2013 revealed DreamHack announces its 2013 DreamHack Open season. The season will begin in Stockholm, Sweden on April 26th and end at the DreamHack Winter festival on November 30th. Following the 2012 success, DreamHack will return to Valencia and Bucharest. The total prizepool for the season stands at $190,000. Read more... February 13, 2013 — AZUBU joins the e-Sports Federation It has been reported that AZUBU is joining the e-Sports Federation. This move, hot on the heels of the establishment of AZUBU's StarCraft II division, coincides with the team's plans to compete in the upcoming GSTL season. Read more... February 1, 2013 — Quantic Gaming reformed Quantic Gaming, an organization that had previously disbanded in December of last year, has reformed. The reformation of the team was made possible through the merger of It's Gosu eSports and 4Not under the Quantic brand. Read more... January 30, 2013 — AZUBU picks up four new players AZUBU announced today that it has picked up Kim "SuperNova" Young Jin, Kim "GanZi" Dong Ju, Kang "Symbol" Dong Hyun, and Choi "BBoong" Jong Hyuk. Read more... January 27, 2013 — mTw officially ceases operations mTw officially announced today that it has ceased operations, citing an inability to run "a sustainable and stable business" and that the "business model of eSports clans does not work any more in its current form." Read more... January 25, 2013 — Western Wolves signs MorroW Stefan "MorroW" Andersson, who had been teamless since the end of his short-lived cooperation with apeX eSports in November 2012, has signed a one-year contract with Western Wolves. Read more... January 21, 2013 — KiLLeR leaves Dignitas Dignitas announced today that they have parted ways with Felipe "KiLLeR" Zuñiga, and that he is now a free agent. Read more... all news and citations… Featured Article Team Liquid's Logo Team Liquid is a StarCraft II professional team, founded in the Netherlands in 2000. Originally a Brood War clan, the team switched to SC2 during the StarCraft II beta in 2010, and became one of the most successful foreign teams. The team roster's achievements in premier events include winning the 2010 MLG Dallas, SteelSeries StarCraft II Challenge in Assembly Winter 2011 and both DreamHack Summer 2011 and DreamHack Winter 2011. The team is also known for its early involvement in the Korean scene, through a partnership with Old Generations which allowed its players to practice in Korea and to compete in the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League. As such, the team has been present in Korea for a longer time than any other foreign organisation, and has also been one of the most successful in GSL. Team Liquid is also one of the best-known and most widely supported teams in the StarCraft II scene, having some of its players mentioned in mainstream media. Team Liquid's activities include the organization of several events, the most notable being the Team Liquid Starleague, an online premier tournament, the third edition of it being one of the most highlighted foreign events in 2011. Team Liquid is also strongly associated with its website, TeamLiquid.net. Launched on May 1, 2001, it has developed through the years into a focal point for StarCraft coverage, eventually became the most-browsed StarCraft-related website in the world, gathering thousands of members (including several professional players) and centralizing news about the global SC2 scene. The website also feature a progaming database, the TLPD, as well as a wiki dedicated to Brood War, StarCraft II and Dota 2, the Liquipedia. History Main article: Team Liquid History. Early days and first steps in StarCraft II Team Liquid was originally a StarCraft: Brood War clan created by Victor "Nazgul" Goosens around the end of 2000. The clan's website, TeamLiquid.net, developed into one of the most active StarCraft: Brood War websites in the world. The team got on board with StarCraft II during the beta, and upon the official release of the game, its line-up was featured four players: the long-time member Tyler "NonY" Wasieleski, the Random player Dario "TLO" Wünsch, the TeamLiquid.net moderator Jonathan "Jinro" Walsh, and the three-time DreamHack champion Hayder "HayprO" Hussein. With the arrival of a sponsorship from The Little App Factory in July, Team Liquid became a fully-fledged pro-team. Read more...

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